Turbulent Rise and Fall of Coney Island Leader McKane
A long profile recounts John Y. McKane once the autocrat of Gravesend and Coney Island. It details his police power, clashes with reformers, and a 1900s election turmoil where arrests, bail fights, and mob-backed intimidation marred the poll. The piece notes his eventual challenge to authority and the island’s decline from a booming summer resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comer Island
John Y. McKene
Police Commissioners
Board of Breach
Board of Auditors
Board of Trustees of Common Lands
Zevo Power
McBane
Mer
Coney Island
Gravesend
John Smith
Cotesman
Rt Echane
McRane
The
Excise
Tswan
Coney Island Beach
New York
John Y. McHane
Aitaist
McKane
McHaoe
Posse
McHane
Brooklyn
McKasne
Judes Newton
Juder Sutherland
Wwe
MeRnne
Thomas Garauer
Gardner
Clutinss
May
Judgy Sutherland
Forma
Mehans
Piayer
Robert J Kent
Supreme Court
Prospect Park
Duke of
MeKane
Toc Coney Island
den Brreich
McKanie
Behind the Iron Bars Flirtations in Prison Life
A former St. Louis promoter, Mrs. Hate C. Blow, writes of life in jail, detailing cramped conditions, hardships, and daily routines. The narrative covers prisoner flirtations, letters between inmates, and basic meals, revealing social dynamics behind bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleagreeade
Hate C. Blow
Common Sense Building and Loan Aesociation
St. Louis
the Post- Dispatch
Pereu
Baer
Fragmentary note on a vehicle and impact principle
The text describes a car at various heights and a fall, noting feet up and center pacing. It references a well defined principle of macon and a curve outward as the vehicle wrings observed during the fall. It remains unclear and discontinuous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alling Aber
Coronado
Cal
Greece
San Diego
Fith Street
Clerical swindler Howard linked to Gulf and Tennessee railroad scheme
Indicted in Jackson Tennessee for using the mails in a fraud tied to a bogus Gulf and Tennessee railroad. Rev G F B Howard, once a pastor and lawyer, promoted a London backed line, forged deeds, and collected funds from many victims including widows and the poor, before federal and postal inspectors exposed the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogus Cinima Agvad
Railroad Fremeter
G. F. B. Howard
Jackson, Teon
Mailu
First, Baptist Church of
Jackson
Georgia
Howard
Erys FP Howard
First Baptist Church
New York
London
Cains
Gulf and
Englard
Gulf and Tennessee Railroad
E. Ross
St. Leger
Lord Moore
Express and Mails
Claims Agency
St. Louis
Memphis
Iowa
Post Office
Little
Hawanti
Scotland Yard
England
Federal Court
Explorers Report Meadows and Lakes Near Peak
Explorers describe a high altitude system of meadows and lakes at base levels between 5 000 and 8 000 feet. They note grass and flowers blooming in great abundance around the upland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartletin
Pnb
Wales
Alaska
Circle Newsepaper
Divine Tree Inspires Quiet Reverie in Summer Scene
The poem portrays a single tree as a sanctuary where land and sea lose their lure. Birds, bees, and forest sounds echo in the branch's shade, while the speaker laments longing and sorrow, finding solace only in nature's beauty offered by one tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Times
To the Flag the Last Ensign of a Fallen Regiment
Old Hor nus a French ensign clings to his banner amid Metz siege and a ruined arsenal. He snatches a receipt, returns to the line, and in a final act rips free the flag from a Prussian officer, pledging to defend it unto death. The remembered charge on Romy Gravelotte haunts his dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauntles
Hernus
Foundling
Hornus
Romy
Gravelotte
Homus
Metz
Hormus
Bazaine
Gus
Tesdan
Mel
Hornas
Horrus
Bazaire
France
AlIphonse Daudet
Peter Noell
Spring Grove Avenue
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Reading the Stars and Practical Home Projects
A miscellany explains star maps using pole star guides and Orion, with directions to Cassiopeia Vega Regulus and Sirius, plus a basic star map exercise. It then details slaking lime for wall coating, a durable insulating mix, and an early fire protection pipe system for roofs along with a note on the Kinetograph and phonograph linked images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capella
Cassiopeia
Polaris
Arcturus
Vega
Sirius
Regulus
Polinx
Castor
Betelgeux
Banatrix
Orion's Belt
Pleiades
Aldebaran
An Interesting Fact and Price List For Engraved Cards
An unclear note markets facts about the name of God in languages and offers engraving services. It lists copper plate engraving for 100 cards and 50 cards at set prices, with wedding invitations and monograms, plus a mailing address in Frederick Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Asia
Vian
Odin
Core Planergraviny
Tas Newa
Frederick, Md
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John Y. McKane
Mr. McHane
Fabio
Sion
Abaeng
Mai
Ted
Connecticut
MecKane
Fukkr
WcKane
County Antrim
Reland
Deparm
Withstan Micha
Firme
Jar
Frasa Jones
Jones
Frank Jones
Berg
Hans
Brooke
Ronna
Young
U.d
Oswald
Hagerstown
Charles Kreizinger
Greensburg
May Stottlemyer
Myerayilie
National Builder
Pete Stor
Jophiv
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